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Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island.

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Eighty years after World War II, Okinawa and Taiwan remember the war in vastly different ways. Okinawa still bears deep ...

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The Maui Okinawa Kenjin Kai recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Kelsie Tamayose of King Kekaulike High School. Kelsie is ...

TOKYO (AP) — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island.

Okinawa remains home to the majority of about 50,000 U.S. troops stationed in Japan under a bilateral security pact. The island, which accounts for only 0.6% of Japanese land, ...